Silagam

Kaviti block · Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 532290 · village code 580467

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 8,624 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,900 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

8,624

Male / female

4,091 / 4,533

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,108

Children aged 0–6

814

Literacy rate

53.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

84 / 4

Working population

4,327

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

82.3%

Households

2,143

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Sahalalaputtuga panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

No CSC

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

260

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

890

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

92%

Net sown area

142 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 0 / 142

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sahalalaputtuga panchayat, Kaviti zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹17.27 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹13.10 lakh

Received directly

₹530

Spent

₹17.75 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹12.62 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹10.41 lakh · received ₹5.25 lakh · spent ₹7.06 lakh · left ₹8.60 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹6.86 lakh · received ₹7.86 lakh · spent ₹10.69 lakh · left ₹4.02 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

19.0086, 84.6339 — view on OpenStreetMap

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